- Power to levy and collect taxes
- Power to borrow money
- Power to regulate interstate commerce
- Power to coin money
- Power to declare war and make peace
- Power to raise and maintain armed forces
- Power to establish a post office
- Power to issue patents and copyrights
Executive Powers
- Power to enforce the laws
- Power to appoint and remove officials
- Power to grant pardons and reprieves
- Power to make treaties
- Power to commander-in-chief of the armed forces
Judicial Powers
- Power to interpret the laws
- Power to decide cases involving federal law
- Power to review decisions of state courts
Other Powers
- Power to admit new states to the union
- Power to propose amendments to the Constitution
- Power to ratify treaties
- Power to impeach the president, vice president, and other federal officials